Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
Genre	Soap opera
Written by	Saba Mumtaz[1] Bhavna Vyas Ghazala Nargis Munisha Rajpal Zama Habib[2] Bandana Tiwari[3]
Directed by	Romesh Kalra Rishi Mandial Ram Pandey
Creative director	Trivendra Singh
Starring	Hina Khan Karan Mehra Shivangi Joshi Mohsin Khan Pranali Rathod Harshad Chopda Samridhii Shukla Shehzada Dhami Rohit Purohit
Music by	Navin Tripati Manish Tripathi
Opening theme	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai by Alka Yagnik
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of episodes	4325
Production
Executive producer	Vivek Jain
Producer	Rajan Shahi
Cinematography	Arjuni Rao
Editor	Sameer Gandhi
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	20–22 minutes
Production company	Director's Kut Productions[4]
Original release
Network	StarPlus
Release	12 January 2009 (2009-01-12) – present
Related
Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (English: 'What is this relationship called?), known as YRKKH^[5] is an Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama television series that airs on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the longest running Indian television soap opera. Currently, it stars Samridhii Shukla and Rohit Purohit (replaced Shehzada Dhami), as fourth generation leads.^[6][7]

Plot

Akshara and Naitik, both from large Marwari joint families based in Udaipur get married. Initially, they struggle to understand each other but gradually come to understand, support, and love each other. Soon, their son, Naksh is born. Naitik falls into a coma due to an accident.

4 years later

Akshara starts working in the family business. Naitik recovers from the coma and struggles to bond with a mischievous Naksh. Naitik's mother Gayatri dies after falling off a cliff post, and his sister Rashmi gives birth to a daughter and names her Gayatri. After which Rajshekhar (Naitik's father ) is unable to cope with Gayatri's death after which one year passes and Rajshekhar remarries Devyani a divorcee who comes with her two children Muskan and Naman. Muskan marries Alok and Naman marries Karishma .Akshara and Naitik's daughter Naira is born. Later Naman and Karishma's daughter Mishti is born. Mahendra dies and Kaveri blames Akshara for it and disowns her. Akshara and Naitik move out with their children.

10 years later

They relocate to Cape Town. Naksh returns to Udaipur and convinces Kaveri to forgive an innocent Akshara. Eventually, the family is reunited. Naksh falls for Tara, a hockey player. However, their wedding gets called off due to some misunderstandings. Out of fear of being wrongly blamed for her friend Sukanya's death, Naira flees from Udaipur.

7 years later

Naira lives in an orphanage in Rishikesh and has grown up to be headstrong but insecure and arrogant. Akshara reaches there with Varsha to fund the orphanage and finds Naira. Kartik Goenka arrives in Udaipur and a love triangle is formed between him, Gayatri, and Naira. Kartik realises his love for Naira while Gayatri has feelings for Kartik. Naira finally accepts Akshara.

Kartik confesses his love for Naira while the latter is initially confused about her feelings but later realies her love for Kartik. Akshara dies by falling off a cliff in a car crash.

Kartik and Naira get married. Kartik hates his father Manish and his step-mother Swarna as he remarried her post his mother's death as he thinks that they were having an extra-marital affair in their office and were responsible for her suicide. Naksh and Keerti get married. Initially marrying for Naira's sake, he begins to love Keerti. Kartik reconciles with Manish and accepts Swarna as his mother after his mother's depression and hallucinations were revealed to be the reason for her suicide. Naira fulfills her parent's dream of opening a dance academy and names it "Akshara Dance Academy" as a tribute to her mother. Swarna's son, Shubham dies of a drug overdose and Naira is blamed for hiding his drug addiction. Naira leaves as Kartik and Swarna refuse to trust her.

2 years later

Naira lives in Mumbai with Naitik. Kartik is the professor of the same class for which Naira signs up. Eventually, Kartik and Swarna realize their mistakes and reunite with Naira. Naira undergoes surgery due to a brain clot after which Naira and Kartik remarry. She enters the family business after Manish suffers a heart attack. Kartik feels insecure about Naira's busy routine. Naira finds out she is pregnant. Kartik questions Naira about her relationship with her business partner, Mihir. Naira rebukes him and storms out of the house without informing her pregnancy and meets with an accident. She is presumed to be dead by the family.

5 years later

Naira lives in Goa with their son Kairav. Soon everyone learns that Naira is alive and Kairav is Naira and Kartik's son. Despite trying to get away from each other, Kartik and Naira become closer. Soon they realize their love and reunite.

A year later, Naira gives birth to a daughter and names her Akshara. More family drama leads to Naira and Kartik moving out with Kairav and Akshara. Later, the family is reunited but meets with an accident. Naira falls off a cliff and dies. Kartik is left heartbroken.

Soon, Kairav meets a boxer named Sirat who is Naira's lookalike, which makes Kairav to think that his mother has returned. After several demands from Kairav, Kartik brings Sirat and her grandmother to the Goenka house. Sirat reveals her former love Ranveer. Kartik realizes that Sirat and Ranveer had a misunderstanding, caused by Ranveer's father, Narendranath, and gets them married. Sirat falls for Kartik. Ranveer falls ill and asks Kartik to take care of Sirat. Ranveer dies and Narendranath holds Sirat responsible and gets her arrested on murder charges. Kartik bails her out and Sirat goes away from Kartik.

Sirat changes her name to Simran and Kartik convinces her to return to Udaipur. Sirat and Kartik expose Narendranath and she is acquitted of all charges. Sirat and Kartik confess their love to each other and get married. They have a daughter, Aarohi. Sirat resumes her boxing training for a championship and qualifies for the Asian Championship.

8 years later

Akshara discovers that not Sirat, but Naira is her real mother. Sirat's mother, Sheela returns and manipulates Aarohi against the family. Kartik dies in a plane crash leaving the entire family in shock. Sirat slips down the stairs and falls to her death. Aarohi holds Akshara responsible for Sirat's death and starts detesting her.

12 years later

Akshara has grown up to be a kind and family-loving girl. She is a singer and musician. Aarohi aspires to be a doctor and still hates Akshara. Dr. Abhimanyu Birla is a practicing surgeon at Birla Hospital and Medical Institute. A love triangle is formed between the three. However, Aarohi and Abhimanyu's marriage is fixed after Akshara refuses to accept his love for Aarohi's sake. But soon Akshara and Abhimanyu confess their love in front of their families. Both families reach Jaipur and Akshara and Abhimanyu get married in a grand ceremony.

Later it is revealed that Harshvardhan was having a secret extra-marital affair with Dr. Avni Rathore and Neil is their illegitimate son. Manjari had brought Neil home through adoption. Manjari and Harshvardhan head for a divorce but Harshvardhan reforms himself and they reconcile.

Soon a fire breaks out at Birla Hospital and Abhimanyu suffers a pinched nerve in his right hand. Akshara contacts a renowned physiotherapist, Dr. Kunal Khera, for his treatment. Meanwhile, Anisha proposes to Kairav for marriage but Akshara learns about her having an affair with a married man and her plan to continue the affair post-marriage and confronts her for the same which Kairav overhears. Kairav refuses to marry Anisha for her betrayal and asks her to reveal the truth to the families. Anisha, who lacks the courage to tell this truth, commits suicide and the Birla family blames Kairav and Akshara for her death thinking Kairav murdered her and Akshara attempting to save him from murder charges. Later Dr. Kunal asks Akshara to sing secretly for his sister, Maya for a year in lieu of Abhimanyu's surgery to which she agrees.

1 year later

Akshara now lives incognito in Mauritius with Kunal and Maya and remains depressed due to her separation with Abhimanyu, who has misunderstood her and became a ruthless person. Akshara and Kairav come back to India and eventually Kairav is proven innocent. Abhimanyu and Akshara reunite and remarry. Neil and Aarohi elope and get married due to which Manish disowns her. Akshara successfully restores her lost identity as Maya's voice and resumes her singing career.

Later, Akshara gets pregnant with twins while Aarohi is exposed for faking her pregnancy. However, Aarohi gets pregnant for real and Neil gives her second chance. In a bid to save some girls from kidnapping, Neil is beaten up by goons and Akshara miscarries. Before dying, Neil makes Abhimanyu promise to take care of Aarohi and his child. Akshara is blamed for Neil's death and Abhimanyu divorces her. Distraught, Akshara leaves the house and is helped by Abhinav. She finds that one of her twins is still alive. Manish requests Akshara to return to Goenkas', but she refuses and legally marries Abhinav.

6 years later

Akshara lives in Kasauli as a jam entrepreneur with her son, Abhir and Abhinav, who works as a tourist guide. On the other hand, Aarohi has became matured and Abhimanyu has taken the fatherly responsibility of her daughter, Ruhi while both works as senior doctors of Birla Hospital. Abhir considers Abhinav as his father while Ruhi is aware that Neil is her father. Manjiri starts forcing Abhimanyu and Aarohi to marry for Ruhi's sake despite their refusals while Akshara and Abhinav are forcing the same by their neighbour, Neelima. Soon, Abhimanyu visits Shimla for a medical meeting but gets stuck in Kasauli and ends up meeting Akshara, Abhinav and Abhir. Initially shocked, He decides to move on from Akshara accepting her new life. Akshara decides to return to Udaipur on Suhasini's insistence.

Awards

Indian Television Academy Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Actress - Popular	Hina Khan	Won	[8]
	Best Actor -Popular	Karan Mehra	Won
	Best Serial - Popular	Rajan Shahi	Won
	Best Costumes	Ritu Deora	Won
2010	Best Direction	Neeraj Baliyan	Won
	ITA Scroll Honour	Yeh Rishta and Bidaai	Won
2011	Best Direction'	Neeraj Baliyan	Won
	GR8! Ensemblance Cast	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won
2012	Best Direction	Neeraj Baliyan	Won	[9]
2013	Best Actress in Supporting Role (Drama)	Sonali Verma	Won	[10]
	Best Child Artist	Shivansh Kotia	Won
	Best Music Composer	Naveen	Won
	Best Dialogues	Raghuvir Shekhawat	Won	[11]
2014	Best Teleplay	Rensil D'Silva, Bhavani Iyer, Priya Pinto	Won
2015	Best Actress Popular	Hina Khan	Won	[12]
	Best Actor Popular	Karan Mehra	Won
	Best Show Popular	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won
	ITA scroll honor	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won
2016	ITA scroll honor	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[13]
2017	ITA Laurel For Longlasting Popularity	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[14]
2019	Best Continuing Serial	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[15]
2019	Best Actress Popular	Shivangi Joshi	Won	[16]
2019	ITA Award for Longest Running Show	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[16]
2020	ITA Award for Best Popular Show	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won
2021	ITA Award for Longest Running Show	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[17]
	Best Actor Popular	Harshad Chopda	Won
2022	ITA Scroll of Honour	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[18]
	Best Actor Popular	Harshad Chopda	Won
	Best Actress Popular	Pranali Rathod	Won
2023	ITA Scroll of Honour	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[19]
	Best Actor Popular	Harshad Chopda	Won

Indian Telly Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2009	Best Fresh Face (Popular)	Hina Khan	Won	[20]
	Most Popular Ensemblance Cast	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won
	Most Popular Drama Series	Rajan Shahi	Won
	Best Costumes	Ritu Deora	Won
2010	Most Popular Actress in a Lead Role	Hina Khan	Won	[20]
	Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama (Jury)	Sanjeev Seth	Won
	Most Popular Daily Series	Rajan Shahi	Won
	Most Popular Ensemblance Cast	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won
	Best Direction	Jai Kalra and Ram Panday	Won
2012	Most Popular Continuing TV Series	Rajan Shahi	Won	[21]
	Best Direction	Jai Kalra	Won
2013	Best Onscreen Couple (Critics)	Hina Khan and Karan Mehra	Nominated	[20]
	Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama (Critics)	Abhijeet Lahiri	Won
	Best Television Show of the Year	Rajan Shahi	Won
	Most Popular Show with Social Message		Won
	Most Popular Continuing TV Show		Won
	Most Popular Child Artist	Shivansh Kotia	Won
2014	Most Popular Child Artist	Shivansh Kotia	Won	[20]
	Most Popular Drama Series	Rajan Shahi	Won
	Most Popular Continuing TV Programme		Won
2015	Best Ensemblance Cast	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[22]
2019	Best Continuing TV programme (Jury)	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[23]
	Best Actress in Supporting Role	Mohena Singh	Won
	Best Actress in a Lead Role	Shivangi Joshi	Nominated
2023	Best Actor In Leading Role Male (Popular)	Harshad Chopda	Won	[24]
	Fan Favorite Jodi	Harshad Chopda and Pranali Rathod	Won
	Best Continuing TV programme	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won
	Best Production House	Rajan Shahi	Won

Star Guild Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2009	Best TV Storyline (Fiction)	Saba Mumtaz	Won	[25]
2010	Best TV Programme of the Year	Rajan Shahi	Won	[25]
2013	Best Direction	Jai Kalra and Ram Panday	Won	[25]
2015	Best TV Storyline (Fiction)	Saba Mumtaz	Won	[25]
	Best Ongoing TV Program of the Year	Rajan Shahi	Won
	Best TV Actress	Hina Khan	Nominated
2015	Best Writer	Bhavna Vyas and Munisha Rajpal	Won	[26]
2016	Best Ongoing TV Program of the Year	Rajan Shahi	Won	[25]

BIG Star Entertainment Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2010	BIG Star Most Entertaining Fiction Show	Rajan Shahi	Won	[27]
2013	BIG Star Most Entertaining TV Actor (Male)	Shivansh Kotia	Won
2014	BIG Star Most Entertaining Fiction Show	Rajan Shahi	Won

Gold Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2015	Best Actress in a Lead Role - Jury	Hina Khan	Won
2016	Best Onscreen Jodi	Karan Mehra and Hina Khan	Won	[28]
	Debut in a Lead Role (Male)	Rohan Mehra	Won
2017	Debut in a Lead Role (Female)	Shivangi Joshi	Won	[29]
	Debut in a Lead Role (Male)	Mohsin Khan	Won
2018	Best Show	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehata Hai	Won	[30]
	Best Jodi	Shivangi Joshi and Mohsin Khan	Won	[30]
	Best Supporting Actor	Vishal Singh	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Parul Chauhan	Won
2019	Best Actress Female (Popular)	Shivangi Joshi	Won	[31]
2019	Best Actor Male (Popular)	Mohsin Khan	Won	[31]
2019	Best TV Show Fiction	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won
2019	Longest Running Show	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won	[32]

Iconic Gold Awards

Year	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2021	Iconic Best Actress	Shivangi Joshi	Won	[33]
	Iconic Best Show	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai	Won
2022	Iconic Most Popular TV Actress of the Year	Shivangi Joshi	Won
2023	Iconic Most Popular TV Actor	Harshad Chopda	Won	[34]

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